Wear-plate for journal-boxes.



A. O. BUCKIUS, JR. .WEAR PLATE FOR JOURNAL 50x55.

Patented June 26, 1917.

A. O. BUCKIUS, JR. WEAR PLATE FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION HLED DEC. 24. 1914.

1,230,85 9 Pafented June 26, 1917.

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ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE, NATIONALMALLE- ABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WEAR-PLATE FOR J OURNAL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed Iieeember 24, 1914. Serial Nd. 878,858.

To all whom it 9)? (lg concern Be it known that I, ALBERT O. BUGKIUS,J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Year-Plates for J ournal- Boxes, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective of a journal box, showing wear plates inthe pedestal guides thereof; Fig. 2 shows details of wear plat-esintended to be inserted in complementary guides on one side of thejournal box'; Fig. 3 shows a perspective of a pedestal having wearplates positioned thereon, and I ig. 4 is a detail of the pedestal wearplate.

My invention'relates to wear plates for journal boxes and journal boxpedestals, and consists in providing a wear plate which may be attachedeither to a journal box or to a journal box pedestal, and whichcompletely protects one from wear by the other. My invention alsoconsists in the construction and cooperation of the parts which I shallhereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, the reference letter A indicates a journalbox, B the podestal and C, C the wear plates. The journal box isprovided upon its sides with vertical, parallel ribs 2 which formgrooves or guides for reception of the truck pedestals. The wear plate Cis of channel shape, having a. web 3 and flanges 4 at right anglesthereto. which bear against the inner faces of the ribs 2. and rightangled projections 5, parallel with the web 3.] which bear against theouter faces of the ribs 2. The wear plate C also has extensions 6 at itstop and bot tom, which bear against the top and bot tom of the ribs 2and also against the transverse faces 7 on the box.

The wear plate C may be welded or riveted to the part it is intended toprotect. I

preferably secure the wear plate to the part by spot welding, and I havefound that. if welded at the portions indicated in shaded lines markeda, a suflicient adhesion to the part is secured.

It has been found that where inserts of the form shown in the CasePatent No. 1,063,655, dated June 3, 1913, are used, such inserts becomeworn, particularly at the bottom, sometimes wearing clear away at thispoint and wearing very little at the top. Such wear will of courserender the box unfit for service and it must be scrapped, although thebox itself, except at this particular point, has not become worn to anappreciable extent. hen boxes are equipped with wear plates inaccordance with my invention and the wear plate becomes worn away by thefriction of the pedestal, the wear plate can easily be removed with achisel, without in any way injuring the box, and a new wear plateIIXGtetl or welded to the box in the manner above described.

It is obvious that the saving thus occasioned is considerable, sincejournal boxes can be used for a much longer period than has beenpossible heretofore. A further advantage in the use of the wear plate ofmy invention is that the armored or pro-- tected area is greatlyincreased, since the whole area of the pedestal guide in the journal boxis completely protected by the wear plate and there can be no wear ofthe journal box at its points of contact with the pedestal. I have alsofound that the material comprising the wear plate can be made of anydesired hardness, and since it is preferably applied after the box hasbeen annealed, it does not have to be of a character to resistannealing. The wear plates of my invention may be applied to boxeseither of gray or malleable iron, or cast steel.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown my invention as applied to the portions ofthe pedestal B which seat in the pedestal guides of the journal box.'Tlie faces and sides of the pedestal columns 8, which fit into thepedestal guides on the journal box, are'protected by the webs 3 andflanges 4 of the wear plates C, and the wear plates C may be secured tothe pedestal columns 8 by riveting or welding, or by spot welding as isindicated at a.

In carrying out my invention either the pedestal guides on the journalbox or the pedestal, or both, may be protected by the wear plates whichI have described.

,7 It is obvious that various modifications may be made in theconstructions which I have shown and described, without departing frommy invention.

What I claim is:

1. A journal box having pedestal guides in its sides, in combinationwith a pedestal having projections adapted to seat in guides of thejournal box, and a wear plate of channel shape welded to one of saidparts flanges and projections bearing against the but detachabletherefrom. said casting and forming a protection there- 2. A wear platefor castings, comprising for, in combination with means for securing apiece of metal having a web, and flanges the said wear-plate to the saidcasting.

5 at right angles to the web, each flange hav- 4. A wear plate forcastings, comprising 20 ing a laterally-extending projection at an apiece of metal of channel shape provided angle thereto and parallel withthe web. upon its ends with extensions at right angles 3. A castinghaving a groove, a metal to the web and flanges of said channel, saidwear plate secured in said groove to form extensions projecting overthebody of the 10 a lining therefor, said plate consisting of a castingand away from the space inclosd 25 web, extensions at the top and bottomof by said web and flanges.

said Web at an angle thereto and flanges at ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR. 7i11fl$ld8s of said web at an angle thereto, Witnesses:

each of said flanges having a laterally-ex- PHILIP A. HILL,

15 tending projection, said web, extensions, JACOB J. BYERS.

